142nd Illinois Infantry Regiment

142nd Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry Flag of Illinois.svg 100 Illinois state flag June 18, 1864 – October 27, 1864 United States Union Infantry The 142nd Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was among the scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 as Hundred Days Men, part of an effort to augment existing manpower for an all-out push to end the war within 100 days. Service The 142nd Illinois organized at Freeport, Illinois, as an eight-company battalion. At Camp Butler, Illinois, two companies were added, and the regiment was mustered into Federal service on June 18, 1864, for a one-hundred-day enlistment. The 142nd Illinois guarded the Memphis and Charleston Railroad in the vicinity of Memphis, Tennessee. The regiment was mustered out of service on October 27, 1864, at Chicago, Illinois. Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 30 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 30 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm#142nd The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. Commanders Colonel Rollin V. Ankeny - mustered out with the regiment.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/141-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls See also List of Illinois Civil War Units Illinois in the American Civil War Notes References The Civil War Archive Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Illinois Category:Military units and formations established in 1864 Category:1864 establishments in Illinois Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1864